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Neglect or failure to perform.

Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.

Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain curves.

difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary. Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding. South.

Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.

Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.

A failure to produce or exhibit.

Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.

Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.

An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.

Not recurring.

Nonrecurrent.

Want of due regard; disregard; slight. [Obs.] Shak.

A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.

Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due. The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight.

Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

The state or condition of being nonresident, Swift.

Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands.

The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.

Making no resistance.